KEY STEPS

The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) was established in 1993 as part of the CGIAR
(Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research) in response to global concerns about
the social, environmental and economic consequences of forest loss and degradation. CIFOR’s
purpose is to advance human well-being, environmental conservation and equity by conducting research to
inform policies and practices that affect forests in developing countries. Under CIFOR’s
new strategy for research, operationalized in October 2008, two out of six research domains are on
climate change, one of which is adaptation.

Action Pledges

CIFOR's action pledge is based on their global research activities on tropical forests and
climate change adaptation. CIFOR currently have two ongoing projects on climate change adaptation:

The Congo Basin Forests and Climate Change Adaptation (CoFCCA) is implemented in
the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic and Cameroon.

The CIFOR projects on adaptation are contributing to both sub-themes of
the Nairobi work programme by undertaking the following actions:

Developing adaptation strategies that emphasise the linkages between
climate change, forest ecosystems and livelihood and mainstreaming this into national development
policies that will support adaptation by rural and urban people, particularly the most
vulnerable;

Highlighting the special needs of indigenous forest people for
adaptation and gender-base vulnerability;

The following was provided as a contribution to and is summarised in the Nairobi work
programme publication "Action Pledges: Making a difference on the ground. A synthesis of
outcomes, good practices, lessons learned, and future challenges and opportunities"